Group branded revenue was up 4%, and UK branded revenue was up 3.8% led by a “strong” performance in the company’s Sweet Treats category. Non-branded revenue was £2.5 million lower during the period, with Premier Foods attributing this to planned contract exits, with the trend expected to improve in the second half of the year.

In Grocery, branded revenue increased by 3%, with further market share gains, as total Grocery revenue grew 1.3%.

Premier Foods said it was on track to deliver its FY26/27 trading profit expectations, as its international revenue was up 6% with “encouraging progress” in North America and Europe.

New categories revenue was up 16%, while acquired brands continued to achieve revenue growth in the double digits.

A “good start” to the year

Alex Whitehouse, chief executive officer at Premier Foods, said: “We’ve delivered another quarter of strong branded revenue growth, up 4% and our largest brand, Mr Kipling, was one of our fastest growing brands, with sales up 9% in the quarter. This performance was driven by the continued strength of our innovation programme, including the launch of birthday cake slices, building on the success of our US trend-inspired birthday cake tarts.

“In Grocery, the new OXO bone broth and Angel Delight bubble jelly ranges both performed very well. We again outperformed our categories, leading to further market share increases, building on previous gains and we also gained further retailer distribution points, as we continue to land more product ranges in store.

“Our acquired brands, The Spice Tailor, FUEL10K and Merchant Gourmet all delivered double-digit revenue growth, continuing the great momentum we’ve built since acquiring them and they remain on track to generate approximately £100 million revenue this year. Overseas, we launched FUEL10K into Europe and continued the rollout of Mr Kipling in North America. Following this good start to the year, and with further progress expected across all our strategic priorities in FY26/27, we remain on track to deliver trading profit expectations for this year.”